mamelouk
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic مَمْلُوك (mamlūk, “slave”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mamelouk m (plural mamelouks)
Descendants edit
- → English: mameluke
- → Italian: mammalucco
- → Sicilian: mammaluccu
Adjective edit
mamelouk (feminine mamelouke, masculine plural mamelouks, feminine plural mameloukes)
Further reading edit
- “mamelouk”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.